This Viewpoint will consider the investor view of the board’s role in the creation and oversight of the company’s sustainability journey in meeting rising global investor expectations.
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Occupational Safety and Health:
The Pandemic, the Changing World of Work and How Investment
Stewards Can Engage to Enhance Corporate PerformanceType: News / press release , tagged withEvidence of significant environmental challenges has triggered urgent calls for nations and businesses to transition towards greener, resilient and climate-neutral economies and societies. Yet, despite clear evidence and compelling calls to action, the issue remains highly politicised. While governments struggle to gain consensus on workable policies and solutions, businesses have been asked to play an even greater role in addressing climate-related challenges.
For the transition to a greener economy to be achieved and sustainable it must be ‘just’ — aiming to be fair and inclusive, able to create decent work opportunities, and aspiring to leave no one behind. This ICGN Viewpoint focuses on the role of good corporate governance and investor stewardship in contributing to a just and sustainable transition to achieving a resilient, net-zero economy.Type: News / press release , tagged withTagsBiodiversity loss has jumped onto the global agenda. Scientists, economists, policy-makers, corporate boards and investment institutions increasingly recognise humanity's role in driving biodiversity loss and how it impairs ecosystem services and damages the natural capital upon which our economy is based.
As we enter what some call the Sixth Mass Extinction, describing the risks presented as daunting may be an understatement. We need game-changers: concepts, processes, strategies, frameworks and legal regimes that will change how the economy and capital markets interact with the environment.
In this viewpoint, ICGN surveys the field and identifies 10 game-changing initiatives that can allow us to move rapidly and intentionally to tackle this challenge. We also provide ten sets of questions for boards to consider and for investment stewardship teams to use for engaging the companies in their portfolios.
It is early days for addressing this challenge. But efforts are ramping up quickly. Our hope is that this viewpoint can help boards and investors understand the impressive efforts underway and determine where and how they can get started.Type: News / press release , tagged withICGN response to the ISSB Agenda Priorities consultation
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ICGN Letter to the International Auditing and Assurance Board (IAASB) on the proposed International Standard on Sustainability Assurance 5000 (ISSA 5000)
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